If it were I would like to see religion offered as an elective class that educated students on a brief history of the main religions, that way students could develop their own beliefs based off of information provided, rather than a forced belief.

TheJudge wrote:But on the arguing side of that would be why just the "main" ones? Why be selective to what "us Americans" consider the "main" or "most important to us"?

I guess by "main" I meant the ones with the most followers, which wouldn't limit the list to what most American's believe in. Plus covering every religion wouldn't be feasible in a semester or year long class.

TheJudge wrote:True, but also with the instructor teaching the subject. (even with the laws and such) Wouldn't the question of "is it right to teach these and not the others?" Appear?

I'm not in the teaching field but I would assume this happens now with other subjects. obviously public schools (or private for that matter) can't cover everything on any subject. I believe each state has a committee that regulates curriculum standards.

I took World Geography in high school but I couldn't tell you the capitol of Uruguay

I took U.S. history but for some reason we didn't cover the conflict in Vietnam.